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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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