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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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