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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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