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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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