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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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