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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key 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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