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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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