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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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