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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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