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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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