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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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