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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers 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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