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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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