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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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