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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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