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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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