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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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