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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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