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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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