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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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