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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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