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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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