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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with 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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