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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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