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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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