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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What 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 institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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