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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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