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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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