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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational ventures. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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