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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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