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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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