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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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