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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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