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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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