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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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