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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This 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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