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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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