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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants 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 evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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