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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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