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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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