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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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