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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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