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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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