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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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