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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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