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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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