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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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