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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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