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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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