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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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