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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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