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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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