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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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