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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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