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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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