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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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