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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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