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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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