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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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