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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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