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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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