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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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