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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major 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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