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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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