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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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