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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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