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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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