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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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