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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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