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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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