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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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