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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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