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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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