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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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