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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 gains in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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