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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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