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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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