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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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