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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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