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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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