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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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