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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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