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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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