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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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