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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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