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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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