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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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