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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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