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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 online education organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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