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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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