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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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