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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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