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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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