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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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