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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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