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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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