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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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