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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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