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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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