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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we 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 original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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