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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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