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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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