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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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