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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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