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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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