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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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