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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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