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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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