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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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