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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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