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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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