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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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