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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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