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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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