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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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