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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education