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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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