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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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