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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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