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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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