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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. 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. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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