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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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