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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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