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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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