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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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