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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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