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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 (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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