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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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