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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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