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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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