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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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