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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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