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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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