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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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