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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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