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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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