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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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