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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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