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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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