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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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