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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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