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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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