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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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