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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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