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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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