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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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