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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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