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

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding 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 participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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