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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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