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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important 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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