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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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