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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the 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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