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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that teachers 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? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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