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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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