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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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