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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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