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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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