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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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