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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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