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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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