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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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