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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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