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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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