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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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