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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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