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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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