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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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