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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major 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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