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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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