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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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