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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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