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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee 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 massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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