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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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