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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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