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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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