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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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