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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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