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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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