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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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