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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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