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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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