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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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