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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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