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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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