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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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