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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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