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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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