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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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