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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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