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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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