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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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