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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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