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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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