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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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