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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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