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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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