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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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