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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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