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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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