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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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