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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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