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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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