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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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