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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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