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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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