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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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 typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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