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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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