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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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