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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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