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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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