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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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