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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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