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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of 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 massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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