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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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