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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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