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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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