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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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