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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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