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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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