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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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