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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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