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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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