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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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