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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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