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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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