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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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