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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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