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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always 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 a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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