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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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