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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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