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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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