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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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