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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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