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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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