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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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