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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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