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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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