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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the 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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