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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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