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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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