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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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