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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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