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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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