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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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