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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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