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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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