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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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