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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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