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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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