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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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