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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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