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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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