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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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