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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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