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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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