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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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