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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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