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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key 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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