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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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