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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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