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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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