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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key 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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