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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). Modern changes in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching 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 learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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