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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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