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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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