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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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