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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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