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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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