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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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