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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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