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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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