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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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