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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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