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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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