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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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