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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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