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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach 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 evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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