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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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