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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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