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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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