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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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