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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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