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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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