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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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