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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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