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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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