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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure 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 teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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