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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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