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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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