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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies 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 teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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