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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning enable learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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