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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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