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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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