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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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