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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers 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 teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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