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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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