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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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