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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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