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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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