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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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