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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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