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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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