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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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