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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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