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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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