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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data 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 topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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