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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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