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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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