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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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