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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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