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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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