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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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