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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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