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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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