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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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