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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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