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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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