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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major 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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