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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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