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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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