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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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