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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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