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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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