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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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