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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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