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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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