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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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