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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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