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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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