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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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