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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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