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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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