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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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