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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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