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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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