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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the 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 exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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