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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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