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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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