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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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