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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also deals with 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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