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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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