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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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