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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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