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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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