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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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