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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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