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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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