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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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