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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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