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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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