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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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