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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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