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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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