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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we 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 massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about 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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