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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally 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 issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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