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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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