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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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