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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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