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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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