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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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