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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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