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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. 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 massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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