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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure 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 MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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