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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education