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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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