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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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