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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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