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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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