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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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