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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates 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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