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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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