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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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