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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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