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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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