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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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