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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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