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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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