Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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