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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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