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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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