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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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