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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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