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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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