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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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