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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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