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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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