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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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