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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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