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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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