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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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