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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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