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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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