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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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