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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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