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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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