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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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