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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

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