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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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