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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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