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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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