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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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