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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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