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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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