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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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