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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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