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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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