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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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