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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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