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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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