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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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