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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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