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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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