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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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