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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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