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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the 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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