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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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