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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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