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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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