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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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