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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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