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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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