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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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