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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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