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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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