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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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