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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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