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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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