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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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