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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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