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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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