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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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