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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not 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 subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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