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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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