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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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