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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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