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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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