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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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