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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure 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 MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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