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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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