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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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