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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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