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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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