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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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