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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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