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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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