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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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