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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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