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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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