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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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