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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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