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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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