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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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