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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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