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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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