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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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