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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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