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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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