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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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