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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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