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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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