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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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