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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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