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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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