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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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