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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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