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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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