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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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