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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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