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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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