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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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