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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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