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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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