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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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