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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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