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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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 MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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