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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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