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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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