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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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