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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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