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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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