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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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