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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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