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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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