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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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