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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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