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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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