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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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