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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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