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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not 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 distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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