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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers 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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