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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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