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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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