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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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