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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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