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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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