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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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