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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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