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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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