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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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