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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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