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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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