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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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