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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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