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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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