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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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