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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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