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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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