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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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