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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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