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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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