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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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