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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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